Welcome to Day 3 of the Cash Game Festival Bratislava at Banco Casino.
For some, it was hard to distinguish when Day 2 ended and Day 3 began with a handful of tables running through the night including a €2/€2 Sviten Special table.
Players with the hospitality package began the day with a virtual reality experience with the Cash Game Festival crew hiring out the venue for four hours.
The first of two televised feature tables kicks off at 7 p.m. CEST with stakes at €1/€3 no-limit hold'em. Three hours later at 10 p.m. CEST, the stakes kick up to €5/€10 no-limit hold'em.
The feature tables can be viewed with hole cards exposed on a 20-minute delay at the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel and within our PokerNews coverage. Cash Game Festival's Henry Kilbane and Petyo Andonov will once again provide expert commentary with many guest cohosts popping in and out of the booth throughout the evening.
Our coverage will begin before the first feature table begins. Stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you the highlights of Day 3 of the Cash Game Festival Bratislava.
The Cash Game Festival Bratislava trophy will be awarded to the player that wins the most big blinds out of any of the 10 feature tables during the festival. The player that walks away with the trophy will also be awarded a Cash Game Festival package valued at €1,500 to the next Cash Game Festival at Olympic Park Casino in Tallinn on Nov. 21-25.
Peter La Terra, who has attended most of the Cash Game Festivals in its 23-event history, was in the driver's seat for the trophy after Day 1 after shipping €1,506 (753 big blinds) at the €2/€2 PLO feature table.
However, his lead didn't last long. Yesterday, David Lappin booked a huge profit of €4,162 (832.8 big blinds) to take the lead.
Whether or not Lappin can coast to the title remains to be seen as feature table players are hungry to grab the trophy for themselves.
Here is a look at the big winners at first four feature tables of the festival:
Cash Game Festival Bratislava Feature Table Winners
The first of two feature tables has just kicked off with stakes of €1/€3 no-limit hold'em. The game will likely play a bit bigger with a Mississippi straddle in effect. This isn't an ordinary straddle as players on the button can straddle for up to €15.
In addition, the entire feature table agreed that the dealer will turn over one card from the hand of the winning player.
Headlining the feature table is Unibet Poker Ambassador Rauno "Estonian Jesus" Tahvonen in Seat 1. Tahvonen is known for having fun and giving off good vibes both on and away from the table. Unibet's Patric Huemmerich is also at the table in Seat 6.
Two players from 32Red Poker are also at the table with Marc Cadic in Seat 2 and Mick Smith in Seat 5.
In addition, PokerAkademia is in the house with tons of players and will be streaming the Cash Game Festival feature table for the first time in Hungarian on their Twitch channel. With this in mind, they have two players at the feature table including Jozsef Nagy in Seat 3 and Levente Gavaller in Seat 8.
Rounding off the table is Cash Game Festival qualifier Kiril Kochov in Seat 4 and two-time Cash Game Festival trophy winner Kevin Malone in Seat 7.
PokerNews just went live on Facebook with Youness Barakat to talk about how he heard about the festival, his shipping of five feature tables in two festivals, his history in poker, and more.
David Lappin won big yesterday at the €5/€5 pot-limit Omaha feature table after booking a profit of €4,162 (832.8 big blinds).
The Unibet Poker ambassador and The Chip Race producer is looking for another big winning session, this time at the €5/€10 no-limit hold'em feature table in Seat 4.
Joining Lappin is fellow Unibet Poker Ambassador Espen Uhlen Jorstad in Seat 1.
32Red Poker is also represented at the feature table with five-time CGF feature table winner Youness Barakat seated next to Jorstad in Seat 2.
Viktor Katzenberger in Seat 3 and Misi Pusztai in Seat 5 are poker coaches at PokerAkedemia, who is also streaming the action at their Twitch channel in Hungarian.
Rounding off the table are three Banco Casino regulars with Tomas Baramyai in Seat 6, David Urban in Seat 7, and Valentine in Seat 8.
You can check out the action at the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel or in our coverage by clicking on the Live Stream tab.
The late €5/€10 no-limit feature table is in the books. Banco Casino Bratislava regular Tomas Baramyai ended the action as the biggest winner after booking a profit of €1,965 or 196.5 big blinds.
While I am sure he won't complain about the win, this does not put him in the running for the trophy awarded to the player that wins the most big blinds out of any of the 10 feature tables during the festival. This honor currently belongs to David Lappin after yesterday he won €4,162 or 832.8 big blinds on a €5/€5 pot-limit Omaha table.
Stay tuned at PokerNews for the Day 3 recap of the Cash Game Festival Bratislava.
Day 3 of the Cash Game Festival Bratislava at Banco Casino Bratislava was full of action both on and away from the tables.
The day began for those with the hospitality package with gin tasting and a virtual reality experience. Players that qualified for the festival through Cash Game Festival's online partners Unibet Poker and 32Red Poker were joined by others and good times were had by all.
Among the players in attendance was Youness Barakat, who was interviewed by PokerNews on Facebook Live later in the day.
The action was hot in the casino with 10 tables running simultaneously, including many running throughout the night. This is one off from the casino record of 11 tables which was set the last time the Cash Game Festival was in town in April.
Kevin Malone won the most money on the first feature table after booking a profit of €296 or 98.7 big blinds. Malone is in Bratislava on the house after winning his second Cash Game Festival trophy during the last festival at Platinum Casino in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria in August.
A trophy and a Cash Game Festival package valued at €1,500 is awarded each festival to the player that wins the most big blinds out of any of the 10 feature tables.
Tomas Baramyai outperformed Malone both in terms of big blinds and profit during the later feature table with stakes moving up to €5/€10 no limit hold'em. He played against a tough table that included Unibet Poker Ambassadors David Lappin and Espen Uhlen Jorstad and binked a profit of €1,965 or 196.5 big blinds.
Speaking of Lappin, he is currently the man to beat for those vying for the trophy during the last four feature tables of the festival. Last night, Lappin won €4,162 or 832.8 big blinds at a €5/€5 pot-limit Omaha feature table.
David Lappin
Here is a look at the biggest winners of the first six feature tables of the Cash Game Festival Bratislava.
Cash Game Festival Bratislava Feature Table Winners
Day
Player
Game
Profit
Big Blinds Won
Day 1
Peter La Terra
€2/€2 PLO
€1,506
753.0
Day 1
Youness Barakat
€1/€3 NLHE
€233
77.7
Day 2
Henry Kilbane
€1/€3 NLHE
€380
126.7
Day 2
David Lappin
€5/€5 PLO
€4,162
832.8
Day 3
Kevin Malone
€1/€3 NLHE
€296
98.7
Day 3
Tomas Baramyai
€5/€10 NLHE
€1,965
196.5
Stay tuned at PokerNews for the last two days of the Cash Game Festival.
